Deep Creek Middle Magnet School Research Models

Grade 6

• Asian Indian Cultural Festival ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did various traditions originate and develop in India? How are these traditions important to Asian Indian culture?
• Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Our School ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does our school reflect the cultural diversity
  of our county, state, and country?
• China - Economy Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question:How does the economy of China affect the Chinese society?
• China - Geography Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How does the geography of China affect where people live and how they work?
• China - People Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question:Which of the four Chinese dynasties had the greatest impact on the people of China?
• Culture of Our Class Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How does our class reflect cultural diversity?
• Cyber-Survival Guide ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Which are the most essential survival skills a middle school student needs in order to practice safe and responsible use of the Internet and other digital communication technologies?
• Geography of the US Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How does the physical geography of the USA affect where people live?
• India - Arranged Marriages Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How does the traditional Indian practice of arranged marriages meet human needs?
• India - Dance Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How do classical dances reflect Indian cultural values?
• India - Fashion Roles Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question:What role do traditional fashions play in Indian culture?
• Latitude and Longitude Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How do navigators use longitde and lattitude to locate specific locations around the world?
• South American Culture Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question:How are South American culutres affected still today by ancient, African and European influences?
• South American Geography Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: What would be the most desireable settlement location in South America to start a civilization? What would be the least desireable? Why?
• Tokugawa Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: Which social class of the Tokugawa Period would be most likely to initiate social change?
  

Grade 7

• Africa: Opportunities Await! ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What factors make a country a favorable place to develop an industry?
• Africa Quality of Life ...DCMM Slam Dunk
  Essential Question: Should the United States increase its official development assistance to the least developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa?
• Career Exploration Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: What is the relationship between your interests and talents and a possible career?
• Comparing Economic Development of African Nations Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: Which information source yields more important information: photographs or charts?
• European Vacation: Wants and Needs ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Which European country will satisfy the wants and needs of a family vacation?
• Federal Budget Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question:What can we do to balance the budget?
• GDP Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: What can GDP tell us about the economy?
• Interdependence Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How is the United States Interdependent with the Middle East? What are the advantages and disadvantages to their interdependent relationship?
• Inventors (Podcasting) Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: Are inventors bborn or made?
• What Is a Wiki? Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: What is a wiki and how can it be used in the classroom?

Grade 8

• Asian Suminoe Oysters and the Chesapeake Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: Will Asian Suminoe oysters help or harm the natural processes of the Chesapeake Bay?
• Bald Eagles and the Chesapeake Bay Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How can human activity affect populations within the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem?
• Food Chains in the Chesapeake Slam Dunk!(Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How could fluctuations in the population of something as small as a water flea affect predators like raccoons and herons? How do changes in the food chain affect other organisms in the Chesapeake Bay?
• Revised! Hangin' in the Chesapeake ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does the interdependence of organisms in the Chesapeake Bay affect the natural processes of the Bay?
• How Humans Affect SAV Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How do things you do in your everyday life affect SAV (Submerged Aquatic Vegetation) in the Chesapeake?
• Human Activity and Watersheds Slam Dunk!(Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How does human activity in your neighborhood impact the water quality of the watershed in which you live?
• Nonnative Species and the Chesapeake Bay Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: Which nonnative species poses the greatest threat to the Chesapeake and why?
• Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: How do pollutants affect organisms - like SAV - in the Chesapeake?
• SAV in the Chesapeake Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability.)
  Essential Question: What is SAV and why should I care?
• SAVing the SAV ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How can human activity facilitate the growth of SAV in the Chesapeake Bay?